Annex E

Approvals committee – 21 July to 11 August 2010

1. Our approval committee has met three times since the last Board meeting, (21 July, 4 August and 11 August) to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment.

2. The cases considered are listed below:

| Meeting date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruitment | Committee Decision | |--------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------| | 21 July | Ref: 21 External affairs | Extension of web producer's contract for a further six months | Recruitment | Approved | | 21 July | Ref. 22 DRME | Extension of principal financial analyst temporary contract by 8 weeks | Recruitment | Not approved | | 4 August | Ref: 24 DRPP | Identification of appropriate international benchmarks – passenger satisfaction | Consultancy £35,250 | Not approved | | 11 August | Ref: 5 Corporate Services | Future resourcing of IS services – phase 2 | Consultancy £40,000 | Approved | | 11 August | Ref : 26 Corporate Services | Extension of fixed term contract by 3 months | Recruitment | Approved |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener

3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below £20,000 which are subject to approval by corporate services. One application was approved, with a value of £1,000.